PHOENIX – The University of Maine softball team opened up the 2024 season on Friday, falling to Weber State, 10-5, and Grand Canyon, 10-1, on the first day of the Kajikawa Classic.
 
Krista Francia led Maine with three hits on the day while Katie Jo Moery and Nora Campo had two apiece. Campo and Anna Margetis hit home runs for Maine.
 
Game 1
Score: Weber State 10, Maine 5
Records: Weber State 1-0, Maine 0-1
Stadium: GCU Softball Stadium
How it Happened

• The teams were scoreless through the first three innings before Weber State seized control with a six-run fourth … the Wildcats then tacked on three more runs in the fifth.
• Maine put runners on the corners in the bottom of the fifth and Krista Francia drove in Katie Jo Moery – who had singled earlier in the inning – for the first of five in the frame for Maine.
• Nora Campo then doubled to right field driving in two runs before Anna Margetis sent a two-run shot to left field to pull Maine within four.
• Weber State would add a run in the top of the seventh for the 10-5 final.

Game Notes

• Caitlyn Fallon started and went 3.2 innings, giving up six earned runs on six hits and two walks in taking the loss … Alysen Rieth came on in relief, throwing 1.1 innings while giving up three hits and three earned runs.
• Krista Francia went 2-for-4 with two hits, one RBI and one run scored.
• Nora Campo hit a two-run double in her pinch-hit appearance.
• Katie Jo Moery registered Maine's first hit of the game in the bottom of the fifth with a single up the middle … Moery went 1-for-2 and scored a run.
• Anna Margetis was 1-for-4 with a two-run home run … it was her third career home run.
• In her first collegiate at-bat, Kenedee Giddens earned a walk and then one batter later, stole second for her first career steal.
• Giddens, Kyli Hernandez, Keira Inman and T Smith made their collegiate debuts.

 
Game 2
Score: Grand Canyon 10, Maine 1
Records: Grand Canyon 2-0, Maine 0-2
Stadium: GCU Softball Stadium
How it Happened

• Grand Canyon took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first off of a home run.
• Nora Campo's first long ball of the year in the top of the second made it a two-run game but the hosts would add two runs in the bottom half of the frame.
• Grand Canyon then plated four in the third and then scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fourth for the 10-1 edge.

Game Notes

• Isabelle True started and went 2.1 innings, giving up eight runs – five earned - on seven hits and two walks while striking out two … Ava Zettlemoyer and Kaly Thomas also pitched.
• Thomas' appearance marked her collegiate debut … she went 1.1 innings, allowing one run on one hit while striking out two and walking one.
• Kenedee Giddens (1-for-3), Krista Francia (1-for2), Nora Campo (1-for-2) and Katie Jo Moery (1-for-2) registered hits for the Black Bears.
• Campo hit a second inning home run for Maine's lone run of the game.

 
Up Next

• Maine will close out the Kajikawa Classic tomorrow with two games.
• The Black Bears will face Wisconsin at 3:15 p.m. and then host-school Arizona State at 8:30 p.m.